njuolgat

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *ńuolkëtē. Equivalent to njuolga +‎ -at.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈɲuo̯lːkah(t)/

Adjective[edit]

njuolgat (comparative njuolggat or njuolgadit, superlative njuolggamus or njuolgadeamos)

Inflection[edit]

Odd, no gradation
Attributive	njūlges njuolga
Nominative	njuolgat
Genitive	njuolgada
Attributive	njūlges njuolga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	njuolgat	njuolgadat
Accusative	njuolgada	njuolgadiid
Genitive	njuolgada	njuolgadiid
Illative	njuolgadii	njuolgadiidda
Locative	njuolgadis	njuolgadiin
Comitative	njuolgadiin	njuolgadiiguin
Essive	njuolgadin

Derived terms[edit]

njuolgut

Further reading[edit]

Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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